Feeling so full in bed at night I can't sleep

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Feeling so full in bed at night I can't sleep

Hayley F(287)

Posted on 30-09-2015 at 9.37AM

Anyone else had this? I'm almost ten weeks and I've had feelings of being really full several times, especially when I lie down in bed, but last night it was unbearable and it's still there. Usually it fades and I'm starving again but I've been awake since 2am. My stomach feels like it's going to pop up through my mouth or something, or like I've eaten four times the amount my stomach can handle...but all I had was soup.

Anyone else had this? I'm almost ten weeks and I've had feelings of being really full several times, especially when I lie down in bed, but last night it was unbearable and it's still there. Usually it fades and I'm starving again but I've been awake since 2am. My stomach feels like it's going to pop up through my mouth or something, or like I've eaten four times the amount my stomach can handle...but all I had was soup.

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Danielle B(387)

Posted on 30-09-2015 at 9.53AM

I had not feelings of being full but discomfort in my tummy and sickness through my first pregnancy.
What position are you sleeping in? They don't recommend sleeping on your back during pregnancy and the more pregnant I got it was very uncomfortable to lie on my back at anytime I felt my organs were pushing up my throat. I even had birth preparation acupuncture curled on my side.
What kind of pillow do you have- do you need to be more upright or a firmer support (I used a memory foam pillow and it's amazing)
There were a few times in my pregnancy I slept propped up in a chair or on the sofa as I was struggling in bed especially when my nasal passages got swollen- pregnancy snoring is evil.
It may well just be heartburn, a sad side effect of pregnancy and your insides rearranging themselves or the fact that you might be hungrier than you realise (soup is nice but not as filling as eating something more substantial) and it's simply hunger. Hope you feel better soon.

I had not feelings of being full but discomfort in my tummy and sickness through my first pregnancy.

What position are you sleeping in? They don't recommend sleeping on your back during pregnancy and the more pregnant I got it was very uncomfortable to lie on my back at anytime I felt my organs were pushing up my throat. I even had birth preparation acupuncture curled on my side.

What kind of pillow do you have- do you need to be more upright or a firmer support (I used a memory foam pillow and it's amazing)

There were a few times in my pregnancy I slept propped up in a chair or on the sofa as I was struggling in bed especially when my nasal passages got swollen- pregnancy snoring is evil.

It may well just be heartburn, a sad side effect of pregnancy and your insides rearranging themselves or the fact that you might be hungrier than you realise (soup is nice but not as filling as eating something more substantial) and it's simply hunger. Hope you feel better soon.

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Hayley F(287)

Posted on 30-09-2015 at 10.02AM

Thanks Danielle, I sleep on my side and change my pillows from firm to none at all to see what will work...I think I needed to sleep sitting up, maybe I'll try it one night if it continues. It's never lasted this long before without having a hungry feeling eventually kick in. Even though I feel full I'm going to eat some breakfast and see what happens! I've got pneumonia at the moment so not eating much anyway, in fact since finding out I was pregnant I've lost eight pounds and I've not even had morning sickness etc!

Thanks Danielle, I sleep on my side and change my pillows from firm to none at all to see what will work...I think I needed to sleep sitting up, maybe I'll try it one night if it continues. It's never lasted this long before without having a hungry feeling eventually kick in. Even though I feel full I'm going to eat some breakfast and see what happens! I've got pneumonia at the moment so not eating much anyway, in fact since finding out I was pregnant I've lost eight pounds and I've not even had morning sickness etc!

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Danielle B(387)

Posted on 30-09-2015 at 10.36AM

Oh god been there with pneumonia, it's not funny. Totally recommend sleeping propped up on the sofa or a chair then.
If you can't sleep that high then try extra Propping not flat!
Have you been checked for the efficiency of your oxygen exchange and if you've got a pleural effusion (fluid between the lining of the lungs) I had that and it's painful. pants they usually do the latter with X-ray, but there must be other ways to look for it.
Seriously though I'd be back to your GP at least.

Oh god been there with pneumonia, it's not funny. Totally recommend sleeping propped up on the sofa or a chair then.If you can't sleep that high then try extra Propping not flat!

Have you been checked for the efficiency of your oxygen exchange and if you've got a pleural effusion (fluid between the lining of the lungs) I had that and it's painful. pants they usually do the latter with X-ray, but there must be other ways to look for it.